Paper-registering instrument.



No. 664,930. Patented Jan. I, l90l.

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I VE TOR- (Application filed Apr. 6, 1900.

wTNEssEsfi ATTORNEY No. 664,930. Patehted-Jan. 19m.

-T. c. DEXTER.

PAPER REGISTERING INSTRUMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 1900.

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' Patented Jan. I, I90]. T. C. DEXTER. Y PAPER REGISTERING INSTRUMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 1900.

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INVE'NTOR No. 664,930. T Patentad Jan. I, l90l.

T. C. DEXTER.

PAPER REGISTERING INSTRUMENT.

A lication filed. Apr. 6, 1900. (No Model.) 5 Shasta-Shoat 4.

ATTORNEY v No. 664,930. Patented Jan. |90|.

. T. C. DEXTER.

PAPER REGISTERING INSTRUMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 6: 1900.

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ATTORNEY U i TED] v STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

TALBOT o. DEXTER, OF PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- TO THE DEXTERFOLDER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPIER-REGIST slime INSTRUM ENT.-

' SPEGIFIGATION for'mingpart o Letters PatentNo. 664,9 0, dated Janna 1,1901'.

Application fiiea'l rne 1900.. SGT-MINE 11,890. Noniodeh) To all whom itmay concern.-

ZBe itknow'n that I", TALBOT G. DEXTER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pearl River; in.the-county of 'Rockland, in the State of New York ha-ve invented new anduseful Improvements in Paper-Registering'lnstruments, of which thefollowing,-

taken in'connection with the accompanying drawings, is tion.

This invention relatesto the class of paperregistering instruments whichare equipped with a point or tongue entering or engaging a slit oropening made in the paper for regis-- tring it thereby. y

The in vention consists, chiefly, in improved meansfor shifting thepaper or imparting to afuILgcIea'r, and exact de'seripiv it thesecondary advance movementrequired' to carrythe'slitted or perforatedportion of the paper into engagement with the registering point ortongue; and the invention also consists innovel'features of the detailsof construction, all as hereinafter more fully de-- scribed, and pointedout in the claims.

I In the annexeddrawijngs, Fig,nre 1 is a plan view of afp'ape'r-foldingmachine provided with my improved paper-registering instru:

. ments.-. Figs; 2 and 3 are enlarged longitudinal sections respectivelyon lines UXU and V V in Fig. 1, showing the registering instrument in'difierent steps ofjits operation.

Fig. 4 is ahori'zontal longitudinal section on line X X in Fig. 2. Fig 5is a vertical transverse sectionon line Y Y in Fig. 2. Fig.6 is a sideview showing, my" improved papershi-fter in connection \vitharegistering-point arranged above the plane of the paper to'beregistered, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section on .line 2 z in Fig. 2.

I Similar letters of reference indicate corr'- sponding pans.

' Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, A rep resentsthe'supporting-frame of a paper-folding machine.

B B denote the folding-rollers,into the bite of which the paperto-befolded is introduced by means of the usual vertically movable blade.(Not shown.)

C is the usual feed-roller, from which the paper is delivered into themachine by'the endless tapes a a. v

D Dare the drop rollers,'which'presstlie' paper onto the feed-roller topermit the latter to obtain the necessary hold on the paper to be fed.

W represents the front stop or gage, which arrests thedeliveredpaperpreparatory to being registered and folded,-an'd a a. areion- Q to shoes j in which are journ'aled rods 3' ex-" tending .to thegage W, where said rods are screw-threaded and pass'through nuts 3',attached to the gage; ,The opposite and of each of said rods hasfastened to it a worm gearj which meshes with'a worm-gearj', fastened toa shaft j, journaledin arms formed on tliel shoes j Theshaftj isprovidedwithsuitable means for turning it by hand- .By turning this shaft thescrew-rods 7' working in the:

nuts j ,'adjustth'e gage'W for paper of-different dimensions. J

i For regi tering the paper longitudinally it requires tworegisteringinstruments located at opposite sides of and equidistant fromthe longitudinal central line of the delivery of the'paper to themaehine as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Each of these instrumentsconsists of a bracket F, supported on a transverse bar G, which isrigidly mounted on suitable supports-H, secured to the top of the sidesof the frame A. Said brackets are adjustable lengthwise on their su p[)0 rti ng-bar G the location of the slits or openings in the paperto beregistered. The adjustment of the brackets is eifected by means ofscrews 12, passing through correspondingly -screwthreaded eyes extendingtransversely through the brackets. The o'uter-endsofi said screws arejournaled in similar brackets F, rigidly secured to the ends of the'barG and are usuto allow the .registeringinstrument to be ad-. justed'in s:=.id'direc.-tion, so asto conform to 0' to turn said screws. The.forward en s of the brackets F and F (which ends are beyond thesupporting-bar G) are formed with eyes extending transversely throughtheir. and

having journaled in them a rock-shaft I,- to one end of which isfastened anarm J, the free end of which has pivoted to it a roller J, bywhich it bears on a cam K, attached to a rotaryshaft K,which is mountedin suitable hearings on the sides of the frame A and receives motionfrom the driving mechanism of the folding-machine by means of a suitabletrain of gears, as indicated at L in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or by anyother suitable powertransmitting mechanism as may be found mostconvenient and efi'icient in its connection with the aforesaid drivingmechanisms.

To the shaft I at each of the brackets F is attached anupwardlyextending arm M, the free end of which is adjustably connectedby a rod N to the upwardly-extending arm of'a bell-crank lever N,pivoted to the rear end of the bracket F. This arm of the lever N isconnected by a rod 0 to a correspondinglydisposed arm of a bell-cranklever O, which is pivoted to a bar P, fixed at one end to the bracket Fand extending toward the foldingrollers B, where it rides loosely on a.bar B,

' extending across the folding-machine and fastened to supports R,secured to the frame A.

The part of the instrument thus far described is similar to t-hat shownin my prior application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 734,623, filedOctober 24, 1899.

The longitudinally-extending arms of the two bell-crank levers N and Oare of equal lengths, and to the free ends of said arms is pivot-allyconnected a horizontal bar S, which receives vertical movement by therocking of said levers and is maintained in horizontal position duringsaid movement owing to the connections of said bar being equidistantfrom the pivots of the levers. The bar S has on its side a horizontalrib c, from which is suspended a vertical plate (1, having a lug dprojecting from its side and riding on the rib 0, preferably by means ofan adjustable screw d passing through the lug d and bearing on the ribc, as more clearly shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, said screw allowingthe plate d to be adjusted so as to carry its free or lower end agreater or less distance beneath the bar S, for the purposehereinafter-explained.

The plate (I may be made either to merely depress the paper in'proximityto a registering-point located normally beneath the plane of the paper,as represented in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, or to carry theregisteringpoint over the paper and depress the paper adjacent to abridge g, which opens the slit in the paper to facilitate the entranceof said registering-point into said slit, as illustrated in Fig. 6 ofthe drawings. In either case said plate d is sustained in verticalposition by means of a guide 6, mounted longitudinally adjustable on thebar P and receiving the plate (1 through it. The guide 6 is ad-.justably sustained in its position by means of a horizontal screw 2,journaled in an ear 6 on the bar P and passing through a screw threadedear 9 on the guide e. A spiral springf, connected at opposite ends tostuds f and f projecting, respectively, from the upper end of the plated and from the guide e, serves to impart downward pressure to the plate(1 and cause said plate to descend synchronously with the bar S.

Beneath the bar P and parallel therewith is a bar T, which rests withone end loosely upon a transverse bar T, located adjacent to thefolding-rollers B and firmly secured to suitable supports on the sidesof the frame A. The opposite end of the bar T is rigidly secured to thebracket F by means of a strut T Said bar is thus maintained in the sameposition in relation to the bracket during the lateral adjustment ofsaid bracket. The bar T is formed with longitudinal ways 9 g, in whichslides a plate g, which receives properly-timed intermittentreciprocating motion from a rock-arm k, which is fastened at one end'toa shaft 10, mounted in the free end of an arm 78, rigidly attached to orintegral with the bracket F. The opposite end of the rockarm k issuitably connected by a rod Z to the plate g. The shaft k derivesrocking motion from a lever Z, attached at one end to said shaft andprovided on its free end with a roller by which it bears on a cam 1attached to the shaft it. Under the vertical plate (1, herein beforedescribed, is another horizontal plate U, lying upon the bar T andsufliciently remote from the plate g to avoid interference with thelongitudinal movement of the latter plate. The plate U'is attached to alongitudinal slide U, sustained in a groove U formed in the bar T. Tothis slide is attached a nut'V, through which passesa screw V, extendinglengthwise of the bar T and journaled in an ear h, attached to said bar.The end of said screw has affixed to it a knurled thumb-piece h,convenient/of access for manipulation.

In case the registering-point is attached to thevertical plate (1, asshown at 11' in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the slit-opening bridge q isattached to the plate U; but when it is desired to operate theregistering-point from beneath the paper to be registered, as shown at tin Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, said registering-point is attached tothe plate U and projects above the same sufficiently to allow it toenter or engage the slit or opening in the paper. This registering-pointprotrudes through a slit in a vertically-yielding papersupporting plateor spring-plate i which is attached at one end to the plate U and hasits main portion normally even or nearly even with the plane of theregistering-point i and its opposite end presented toward the fold-'ing-rollers B and bent downward to allow the advance edge of the paperto freely slide upon said springplate and over the registeringpointduring the process of feeding the paper into the machine. By turning thescrew V",

hereinbefore described, the plates U and i tolCO gether with theregistering-point i are shifted back or forth, as may be required toadjust said registering-point for operating on I paper having the slitin different positions.

' ing plate g'or to an interposed plate a, adi The registering 05 thepaper is elfected dur- 4 ing a secondary advancemovement of the paperafter .it has been ad vanced to and arrested .by the gage W.

' One of the salient features of my present invention resides in thedevices for impartingthe aforesaid secondary advance movement to thepaper, and it consists of the verticall v yielding paper-shifting fingerm, which is dis-" posed with its free end or paper-engaging por-- tiondirectly over a paper-conveying'bed or plate n secured to the top ofthereciprocatjustably mounted on the plate g, as shown in Figs. 2and 7'of the drawings. The fingerm may be formedof two strips of spring metaldisposed one lengthwise 'over the other and extending from atubular hubm, which may be integral with said metal strips I m is mounted on a stud0, which projects laterally from a sleeve 0', embracing and suitablyclamped on a rod 0 disposed parallel "'tionary bar P ger m extends fromthe hub m toward the drawings.

with the bar T and secured to the reciprocate ing plate 9-, preferablythrough the medium of a post 0 fastened tosaid plate and formed with alongitudinal sleeve 0 through which the end of the rod 0 passes andin-which it is adjustably clamped by a set-screw 0 The opposite end ofsaid rod is preferably sup-.

ported in an eye 0 projecting from-the sta- The said paper-shiftingfingage W and is curved longitudinally to defleet itscentral portiondownward. 1A spiral spring 1) embraces the stud oand is connected at oneend to the hub'mfand at the opposite end to a-collar p, which is mountedloosely hub m of the paper-shifting finger m, being carried on thesleeve 0, clamped on'the rod 0 which moves with the reciprocating plateg,

causes said finger to partake of a correspond- .ing motion from saidplate, and .to' thus travel back and-forth with the subjacent paper-comveying bed 01. {Do lift the finger fromsaid bed during the rearwardtravel thereof, a

hanger r is connected to the vertically-mov able bar S by a lug r,projecting laterally from said hanger and riding on the rib c on saidbar, This hanger is sustained vertically and adjustably lengthwise ofthebar S by means of a vertical guide 8, which is mounted The hublongitudinally adjustable on the'stationarybar-,P'and sustained in itsadjusted position by-means ofa screwt, journaled in a bearing to on aplate u, secured to the bar P. One

end of said screw passes through a nut 25, fastoned to the guides, andthe opposite end of said'screw is provided with a suitable knob 25 bywhich to turn it. By turning the said screw the guide s is shiftedlengthwise on the bar P, as may be desired. A suitable spring: .r,connected at opposite ends to the hanger 'r and to the guide .9, servesto maintain the hanger on its bearing on the rib c. The lower endoffhehanger has projecting laterally from ita pin 0,-which passes u nder theupper metal strip of'thepaper-shifting finger m. 1

The operation of-the described registering instrument is as follows: Thepaper is de' livered over the folding-rollers B B by the conveying-tapesa a. In the meantime the paper-depressor dand the paper-shifting fingerm are in. elevated 'position,"-a'nd the gage W is in its'rearmost ornearest position to the folding-rollers to temporarilyarrest-the advancemovement'of the paper. ;As soon-as the paper has thus beeubrought to,rest the gage W moves forward, to release the paper, and the depressord and finger m descend and bear on'the underlying paper, and then saidfinger and plate g, with the platen secured thereto, movefor'ward,andthereby shift the paper longitudinally and impart to it the necessarysecondary advance movement to carry the slitted portionof the paper intoengagement with the registering-point, which.

arrests said secondary movement of the pa-- per and leaves said paper inits re'qusite registered oralined'position in relation to thefolding-rollers.

, It will be observed that by my present invention I'effect thesecondaryadvance movement of the paper by simple and efficieut paper-shiftingdevicekm'twhich are adjustable to obtain the desired. holdnpon the paperto shift the same to ils registering position and which shifting devicesmove in a uniform horizontal plane, and thus maintain the pa-" pei'free"'from disturbances from its plane during said operation. It willalso be noted that in my said invention the paper-shifting devices aremoved to and from their operative position independently of themechanisms which move the gage to and from its paperarresting position,and therefore their times of'action can be adjusted to move inanydesired order, which l'atter is accomplished by the adjustment of thesame K, Z and 7', and

it will be furthermore observed that the described paper-shifting fingerm is'capable of operating with equal efficiency in connection with aregistering pointwhich may be arranged to operate from either above orbe n'ea'ththe paper to be registered.

What I claim as mywinvention is v 1. In combination with aregistering-point disposed to engage a slit or perforation in the paper,a paper-conducting bed, a paper-shifting finger disposed over said bed,mechanism imparting horizontal reciprocating motion to said finger, andmeans for pressing said fingeronto the underlying paper during thehorizontal travel of the finger in one direction.

2. In combination with a registering-point disposed to engage a slit 0rperforation in the paper, a paper-conducting bed, a paper-depressor inproximity to the registeringpoint, a paper-shifting finger disposed oversaid bed, and mechanism imparting reciprocating motion to said finger tomove the paper to registering position.

3. In combination with a registering-point disposed to engage a slit inthe paper, a paper-conducting bed,a paper-depressorin proximity to theregistering-point, a rod parallel with said bed, mechanism impartingreciprocating motion to said rod, a paper-shifting finger connected toand moving with said rod,

and means for depressing said finger during its movement in onedirection and thereby shift the paper to registering position.

4. In combination with a registering-point disposed to engage a slit inthe paper, a paper-cond ucting bed, a vertically-movable paper-depressorin proximity to the registeringpoint, a vertically-movable finger overthe bed, and mechanisms imparting horizontal motion to said finger dnring the depressed positions of the aforesaid depressor and finger.

5. In combination with a paper-supporting plate, a registering-pointlocated in the plane of said plate and in position to engage a slit orperforation in the paper, 'a paper-shifting device movable to bear uponthe paper, and

mechanism imparting horizontal motion to said shifting device to conveythe paper to registering position as set forth.

6. In combination with a paper-condn cting bed, a registering-pointlocated to engage a slit in the paper from underneath the sheet, apaper-depressor in proximity to said point, a vertically-yieldingpaper-shifting finger over the aforesaid bed, means for depressing saidfinger onto said bed, and mechanism im-- parting horizontal motion tofinger as set forth.

7. The combination of a paper-supporting plate,a registering-pointprotruding from said plate, a paper-depressor in proximity to saidregistering-point, a paper-conveying.bed, a vertically-yielding andhorizontally-movable papershifting finger over said bed, means forperiodically depressing said finger and mechanism imparting horizontalmovement to the depressed finger as set forth.

8. The combination of a vertically-yieldin g paper-supporting plate, aregistering-point normally in the plane of said plate, averticallymovable paper-depressor depressing the aforesaid plate fromthe registering-point, a paper-conveying bed, a vertically-yielding andhorizontally-movable paper-shifting finger over said bed, means fordepressing said depressor and finger, and mechanism impartthe depresseding horizontal movement to the depressed finger as set forth.

9. The combination of a vertically-yielding paper-supporting plate, aregistering-point normally in the plane-of said plate, a paperconveyingbed, a verticallyyielding and horizontally-movable paper-shifting fingerover said bed, a vertically-movable bar maintained in horizontalposition, a paper-depressor carried on said bar and disposed to depressthe aforesaid paper-supporting plate, a hanger connecting the free endof the paper-shifting finger to the aforesaid bar, mechanismtransmitting vertical movement to said bar, and mechanism impartingmotion to the papershifting finger as set forth.

10. The combination of paper-delivering tapes, an alternately advancingand receding paper-arresting gage, a registering-point disposed toengage a slit or perforation in the delivered paper,'a paper-conductingbed, a paper-depressor in proximity to the registering-point, apaper-shifting finger over said bed and mechanism impartingreciprocating mot-ion to said finger to move the paper to registeringposition as set forth.

'11. The combination of paper-delivering tapes, an alternately advancingand receding paper-arresting gage, a vertically-yieldingpaper-supporting plate, a registering-point protruding through saidplate, mechanism depressing said plate beneath the plane of theregistering-point and means for imparting a secondary advance movementto the paper independently of the aforesaid tapes as set forth.

12. The combination of. paper-delivering tapes, an alternately advancingand receding paper-arresting gage, a vertically-yieldingpaper-supporting plate, a registering-point protruding through saidplate, a vertically- .movable bar maintained in horizontal position, apaper-depressor connected to said bar in" position to depress theaforesaid verticallyyielding plate, a vertically-yielding andlongitudinally-movable paper-shifting finger ar ranged between theregistering point and aforesaid gage, a hanger connecting the free endof said finger to the aforesaid verticallymovable bar-,mechanismtransmitting the vertical movement to said bar, and mechanism impartingreciprocating motion to the aforesaid finger as set forth. 13. Incombination with the paper-delivering tapes, and a paper-registeringpoint disposed to engage a slit or opening in the paper, alongitudinally-movable horizontal plate, a rod parallel with said plateand secured thereto, a paper-shifting finger connected to said rod,mechanismimparting reciprocating motion to the aforesaid plate, andmechanism lifting the free end of said finger during the rearwardmovement of the plate as set forth.

14. In combination with the paperdelivering tapes, an alternatelyadvancing and receding gage, a paper-registering point disposed toengage a. slit or opening in the paper, and-a longitudinall -mov ablehorizontal plate, a rod disposed parallel with and secured to saidplate, a paper-shiftihg finger mounted on said rd,'a spring depressingthe free end of said finger, mechanism imparting recipro-, eating motionto the aforesaid plate, mechan-. ism 'periodicallylifting the free endof the aforesaid finger and mechanism transmitting set forth. with'thepaper-delivermotion to the gage as 15. In combination ing tapes, analternately advancing and receding gage, a vertically-yieldingpaper-support-= ing plate, a registering-point protruding in said platefrom nndernpath, a vertically-mow able barmaintai'ned in horizontalposition, a

' paper-depressor connected to said bar in po- 's'ition to depress theaforesaid plate, a longit'udinally-movable horizontal plate,a roddisposed parallel with said plate and fastened thereto,.a paper-shiftingfinger mounted on said rod, a hanger connecting the free end of theaforesaid finger to the aforesaid vertically- A movable bar, mechanismactuating said bar,

mechanism imparting reciprocating motion to the aforesaidlongitudinally-movable plate, and mechanisms actuating the-gage forth. v

16, The combination with the paper-delivering tapes, an alternate]advancing and receding paper-arresting gage and a paper-registeringpoint disposed to. engage a slit or openingin the paper in transit, apaper-shifting finger movable parallel with the plane of the delivery ofthe paper, and separate mechanisms imparting theaforesaid movements asset res pectivel y to the gageand to the paper-shift-' ing finger.

-17. In combination with the paper-delivering tapes, an alternatelyadvancingandreceding paper-arresting.gage, a vertieal1y-yield-.

ing paper-supporting plate,a registering-point protrudingin said platefrom underneath, means for adjusting said plate, and point for differentlocations of the slit 'or opening in the paper to be registered, avertically-mov- 1 able bar maintained in horizontal position, a

paper-depressor connected to said bar and adjustable to depress thepaper-supporting cally-movable bar and adjustable longitudinally on saidbar, and mechanism imparting reci procating motion to the-aforesaidlongitudinally-movable plate,

ing gage as set forth and shown. I

TALBOT c. DEXTER. [n s.]

Witnesses:

G. V. B. LEITOH, Y M. E. MORRISON.

and-separate mechanisms transmitting motion to the paper-arrest-

